January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

name! Just make it RS! :-)Gerry - that's true about the majority of
fighters, Most suburban kids, or even most blue collar kids play other sports
these days. I'm not sure how to account for the majority of the female fighters
being white. Foreman-Lyle wan't even a boxing match - it was just a fight out in
an alley! Superb! Jerry Q did well against Lyle types, taking both him and
Shavers. Of course, Frazier was another story, and actually the only person who
handled him easily was Foreman. Ali managed to get past him twice, but at a
horrible price. BTW, speaking of Quarry - I once saw an unbelievable still shot
of him doing something I've never seen before. I don't remember the opponent, it
might have been Lyle or Shavers. Anyway, he countered a left hook with a right
uppercut (then I assume he tried to follow up with a left hook of his own). To
land this coutner, he was bent so far back and to the right, you can see his
right ankle crunched over to where I don't see how he kept from spraining
it! |
|9/7/03 02:41:45 AM|STEVE|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Well,seems this last
bastion of insecure males zealously guarding their diminishing supplies of
testerone has finally been breached.Congradulations,Rhoadscholarette.I've been
watching your posts with great interest.They are articulate,intellegent,and
apparently well informed over a wide range of subjectsrelated to this site . I
wondered how long it would take you to get to women's boxing.I think it's
absurd!Tubby and yourself are great additions to this wonderful,multigenerational
conversation.Max Hord Tubby, and yourself send conflicting
messages.I agree with both messages! The 70's heavyweight era was probably as
sweet a taste of the sweet science as any generation of fans will ever
witness.It was also the most brutal,and seems to have caused the damage to it's
major and minor participants,of any generation.It was brutal and wrong!I loved
it!It destroyed Jerry Quarry,two of his brothers,and most of the top fighters of
their time.Perhaps these men where mean't to fullful a certain destiny. They
reached for victory and made it to the top of an inhuman practise.They also
enspired a whole generation of average guys like me and all my boyhood friends
,who went to Vietnam,to be strong.whatever the consequences.
I don't feel that any female boxers will ever give us fights at a level of
entensity that will come close to those notorious pretty boys of boxing Ali vs
ugly Joe Frazier or pretty boy Ray Leonard vs homely Tommy Hearns.|
|9/7/03 03:19:18 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Steve, you
mentioned that boxing destroyed two of Jerry's brothers. I assume you mean Mike
and Bobby. Mike admits he has suffered some damage from the ring but Bobby, in
my opinion, does not show signs of physical or mental damage. I have spent time
with Bobby and I see no signs of damage. He is well spoken on boxing and other
topics. I have also talked to him by telephone many times and he carries on
normal conversations like most people do.I realize I am not an expert on
such matters but he has told me he has taken MRI exams and he doesn't have
damage and I believe him.I have also spoken to Mike on occasion, and
though I haven't spoken to him in recently, he too is somewhat articulate
despite damage he has suffered. Mike can still hold intelligent converstions
and he is still very much with us, at least he was a few months ago when I spoke
with him and I hope with God's help he can remain so for quite some time.
I realize boxing is a cruel and brutal sport, and there are times when I
wonder why I even like it, but maybe we can make it as safe as possible if we
continue to work for consturctive change.|
|9/7/03 11:40:36 AM|PAUL MADUROS|MIDWEST||pama42@yahho.com||||10|Jerry lost to
Joe Frazier mainly because Frazier doesn't give a man time to think, also
Frazier's bobbing and weaving made him hard to hit. Give Jerry time to think and
he'd figure you out. Ask Mac Foster, Ernie Shavers,Thad Spencer,Ron Lyle.|
|9/7/03 12:05:33
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve - thank you
for the kind words! What don't you like about women's boxing? Not arguing, just